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Blessing Box (#1613)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Is there such a thing as a "neutral" accent, and if so what does it sound like? And that quirk in the way Southern Californians talk about freeways...

Bought by KECG, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WYAP, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Cats and Dogs (#1614 Spring 2023 Pledge Show)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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It's cats and dogs, and a few other critters, too. Animals prowl around inside several English words, including sleuth, which was originally sleuth...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KTXK, KVSC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 30:50
  • Purchases: 8
Cool Your Soup (#1495)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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According to Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, it's important to master the basics of writing, but there comes a time when you have to strike out on y...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, WPCA-LP, WNIN and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Fair Dinkum (#1612)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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This week on "A Way with Words": A magnificent new book celebrates the richness and diversity of 450 years of written and spoken English in what is...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WPCA-LP, KTXK and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Summit '63 - The First American Tops Mt. Everest
From: Charlie Warren
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A dramatic retelling of the challenging American expedition to climb the world's highest mountain 61 years ago.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WRFA-LP, PRX Remix, KUER, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 21:26
  • Purchases: 8
Put on the Dog (#1494)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Ever wonder whatever happened to responding to "Thank you" with the words "You're welcome"? A listener asks why so many radio interviews end with t...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
EP221 Janis and Jorma 1964
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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An Historic early recording of Janis Joplin and Jorma Kaukonen

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 1
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Ed King & Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd [1 of 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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On this episode, it's the first of a two-part edition from our occasional series TALK MUSIC WITH ME. We dig back a few decades into our files to un...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Music Archive Showcase #150 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Ed King & Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd [1 of 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Lynyrd Skynyrd
On this MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE episode, it's the first of a two-part edition from our occasional series TALK MUSIC WITH ME. We dig back a few deca...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WHRV, WRVO Public Media, KUHF, and KSJE


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Excuse the Hogs (#1596)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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When a teenager went a week without talking as part of a school project, he noticed a surprising side effect: Instead of rehearsing a response to w...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WPCA-LP, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
By a Landslide (#1611)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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How do you transform ancient Chinese script for use in the modern age? English uses a keyboard with just 26 letters, but the first Chinese typewrit...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTXK, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
773: As Read By The Author / 774: Hope: Where Does It Come From?, 3/4/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
All That and a Bag of Chips (#1595)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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We tend to take the index of a book for granted, but centuries ago, these helpful lists were viewed with suspicion. Some even worried that indexes ...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTXK, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Big Dog (#1610)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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If you're ever near a sundial, step closer and look for a message. Many sundials bear haunting, poetic inscriptions about the brevity of life. Plus...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WYAP, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Familiar Strangers (#1594)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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This week on "A Way with Words": If you take up texting and social media late in life, there's a lot to learn! A 20-something wants advice getting ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Hot Gossip (#1609)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Gossip goes by many names: the poop, the scoop, the lowdown, the dope, the scuttlebutt, the 411, the grapes, the gore, and hot tea. Plus, John Donn...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Word Hoard (#1593)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Ever wonder what medieval England looked and sounded like? In Old English, the word hord meant "treasure" and your wordhord was the treasure of wor...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WPCA-LP, RADIOLEX, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
In the Ballpark (#1608)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Novelist Charles Dickens and the musician Prince were very different types of artists, but they also had a lot in common. A new book chronicling th...

Bought by Raven Radio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WYAP, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
You Talk Like a Sausage (#1592)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Do you refer to your dog or cat as "somebody"? As in: When you love somebody that much, you don't mind if they slobber. In other words, is your pet...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WEKU and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Old College Try (#1607)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In just seconds, online text generators and chatbots can produce whole paragraphs of sophisticated prose. But what do advances in artificial intell...

Bought by WFAE, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KUAT, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WEKU and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 26
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two stories about new beginnings.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 49:59
  • Purchases: 1
Pushing the Envelope (#1591)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Sure, there's winter, spring, summer, and fall. But the seasons in between have even more poetic names. In Alaska, greenup describes a sudden, dram...

Bought by KUAT, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WYAP, WNIN, WSLR and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
EP218 "From the Cradle" Eric Clapton
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A look back at Eric Clapton's 1994 album "From the Cradle"

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Primary Colors (#1590)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Centuries ago, monks who took a vow of silence still had to communicate about routine matters, from gardening to equipment repair. So they develope...

Bought by KUAT, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTXK, KREV-LP, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 26, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Deep-Fried Air (#1589)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Eels, orts, and Wordle! Sweden awarded its most prestigious literary award to a book about . . . eels. The Book of Eels reveals the mysterious lif...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WSLR, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16

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